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A little over a week ago, the deputy prime-minister of Ukraine called on Apple to close the App Store in Russia. The stated thinking was that such an action might get younger and more connected Russians to lean on the government to end the Ukraine invasion. Today, a story to support Apple’s decision to leave the App Store open. A piece from 9 to 5 Mac says Russian citizens are snapping up VPN apps. This as internet censorship in Russia ramps up. “As reported by analyst firm AppFigures,” says the report:
…the number of VPN app downloads in Russia has grown considerably since the conflict began on February 24. As of Tuesday, the most popular VPN apps have seen an increase of over 1,200% in the number of downloads in both the App Store and Google Play in Russia.
